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  • EEVblog #1070 – What The Hack? Dumpster Hacking!

    HUGE news! Welcome the new full time host of the EEVdumpsterHack channel! Subscribe here for a channel devoted to dumpster hacking: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYPLfIuQ290s9ojMdjwqEdg Live subscriber counter! Let us know your thoughts below, and who should the corporate sponsor be? Forum HERE Podcast: Download

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    EEVblog #1069 – Mailbag

    Mailbag is back! Forum HERE SPOILERS: Franlab T-Shirt ServoShock PS4 Playstation wireless controller for servo motors. Papyrus gift PSM400 Arduino Mains Line Monitor http://austinsproject.com/psm400/ Fran Blanche MakerBuino DIY handheld game console 4 Wire Short Blinkenrocket https://hackerspaceshop.com/ Podcast: Download

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    EEVblog #1068 – Autonomous Uber Incident Update

    An update on the autonomous self driving Uber Volvo XC-90 involved in the pedestrian fatality. It is being reported that Uber disabled the Intel Mobileye collision avoidance sensor that is factory fitted in Volvo XC90. Intel have ran the dashcam footage of the accident through the Mobileye system and said …

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    EEVblog #1066 – Uber Autonomous Car Accident – LIDAR Failed?

    A self driving autonomous Uber car killed a pedestrian in Tempe Arizona. How did this happen? It basically shouldn’t have. TLDR; It looks as though the LIDAR and/or RADAR system failed to detect the pedestrian until fairly ideal practical circumstances. A look at the newly released camera footage of the …

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    EEVblog #1065 – Soldering Iron Power Delivery Explained

    A further clarification to the previous video on the Hakko FX-888D vs the JBC direct heat CD-2B soldering station. And the differences between applied power, tip design, sensor design, control loop design, and power delivery to a ground plane. Power measurements and DaveCAD explanations. https://kit.com/EEVblog/soldering-equipment Forum HERE Podcast: Download

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    EEVblog #1064 – Soldering Irons OLD vs NEW

    What are the differences between the “old” style soldering iron tips like used on the low cost Hakko and Weller et.al low cost irons, and the more expensive integrated tip type? An apples to oranges comparison of the Hakko FX-888D and the JBC CD-2B stations. Bonus footage under the FLIR …

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    Tin Whiskers 101

    A video from the archives. David Hillman from Rockwell Collins giving a talk on Tin Whiskers and the dangers of shorted contacts on PCB’s and other electronic circuits caused by using lead free solder. Forum HERE

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